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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License.

Cannes or Da Nang?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Cannes for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Cannes’s own page.

Choose Da Nang for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Da Nang’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Cannes and Da Nang are level on 80.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Da Nang 67: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes and Da Nang are level on 38.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Da Nang 44: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes and Da Nang are level on 72.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Da Nang 80: Cannes leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Da Nang 62: Da Nang leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Da Nang 38: Cannes leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Da Nang 40: Cannes leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Da Nang 90: Da Nang leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Da Nang 20: Cannes leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Da Nang 64: Da Nang leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Da Nang.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Cannes
55match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Cannes in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Da Nang in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesDa Nang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cannes: 2004-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cannes (5.8 km from centre). Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesDa Nang
Official languageFrenchVietnamese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dong (VND)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation0 m19 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCannesDa Nang
City population74,3502,819,900
People per km²3,793238
Museums within 10 km162
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.